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Projects
The following is a partial
list of representative work currently underway or recently completed:
- Digital charrette workshops to create a climate-friendly
regional planning framework for the six counties of the Baltimore
Metropolitan Council.
- Transit orientation analysis of land-use patterns and
neighborhood design for the Portland Metro regional
high-capacity transit system plan.
- Climate change action plan for the Lafayette California
downtown strategy and specific plan, including
LEED-ND screening for green certification
- Smart mobility policy development to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and improve land-use/transportation
integration for the California Dept. of Transportation
and US EPA.
- LEED-ND green neighborhood certification reviews for the U.S.
Green Building Council.
- INDEX support of land-use/transportation scenario modeling for the Mississippi Gulf Regional Planning Commission.
- Carbon footprint reduction through urban design for the City
of Tampa.
- Environmental permitting of 3.4MW solar power facilities for
the N. California Power Agency and SunPower Corp.
- Analysis of brownfield versus greenfield environmental benefits
in metropolitan areas nationally for U.S. EPA.
- INDEX tools support of statewide growth visioning for the Florida
Department of Community Affairs.
- Paint the Region tool support for growth visioning for the Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission.
- Climate change adaptation modeling of alternative urban designs
for U.S. EPA.
- Development of INDEX Insight, a smart growth teaching tool for
the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
- INDEX tool support for updating the Puget Sound Regional Council's
2030 growth management plan for the Seattle region.
- Preparation of a capital improvement program for the Sacramento
Pedestrian Master Plan using block-level urban design and walkability
analysis to prioritize projects.
- Creation of INDEX Paint the Region, a web-based public participation
tool for visioning the N.E. Illinois Planning Commission's 2040
land-use framework plan.
- Customization of INDEX Paint the Town software for local government
use in the Mid-America Regional Council's growth forecasting process
for the Kansas City metropolitan area.
- Comparative urban design evaluation of six reuse plans for the
former naval air station in South Weymouth, Massachusetts for
U.S. EPA.
- Creation of TransectMap in collaboration with Duany Plater-Zyberk
& Co. for implementation of DPZ's SmartCode and transect-based
regional and community planning.
- Urban design and environmental performance measurement of neighborhood
and community growth scenarios for the Sacramento Transportation
and Air Quality Collaborative.
- Customization of INDEX software for energy efficiency,global
warming, and air quality improvement planning for the City of
Chula Vista, California.
- Transit-oriented land-use concept planning in metropolitan Atlanta
for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.
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